Dilated Peoples Interview - chrisnieratko.com

Dilated Peoples Interview

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Let's go through everybody's name first. Evidence, why isn't that spelled more hip-hoppy?

Why is it spelled properly? Evidence with a Z, Evidenz, wasn't really working and Evidence with a S kind of looked funny, so I just decided to spell it regular, it's been working all right.

I got in trouble one time with my girlfriend because I had your name on a piece of paper, but instead of writing Evidence I had written It E-V-E.

So she thought you were checking out Eve?

She was like, "Who the fuck is Eve?"

Did you tell her she was from the Rough Riders?

No. Next Babu. Is that short for Baboon?

No, I been called that many a time. I used to have both of my ears pierced and one of my friends used to say that I looked like a genie, and he used to call me Babu yelling, yapple dapple, every time I would come in. It just stuck. And then finally, Irascience.

What the hell does that even mean?

Man, it's a whole philosophy. You know, I don't know why they keep saying that my name is Irascience.

Is it Irish Science?

No, it's just a song, man. I did this song on this record that will never come out, and then people just started printing it, and it went from there. My name is Rakaa.

What the hell does that mean?

Exactly.

What do you think it would feel like if you put your pecker in a whale's blow hole?

Are they shooting out as I'm trying to go in, or is it an off day for them?

Let's say an off day.

I imagine it would be pretty stimulating seeings as I have a huge whale penis. It might fit pretty good.

Why don't you tell all the wannabe skateboard DJs why they should leave the DJing alone.

You know what? I didn't even know there was wannabe skateboard DJs. Are they tight?

Actually real loose and saggy.

I can't generalize because I don't have the examples firsthand of any of these guys so it's hard for me to even imagine what you're talking about, but from the way you pose the question you're kind of saying there's a lot of posers doing that. But as long as they end up being dope. I mean it doesn't really matter what it is.

Well, just assume they sound gay.

Well, then, I guess my advice is just stick to skating and stay a fan of hip-hop music.

Do you think a rap group of four guys with Down's Syndrome would automatically get love just because they're a bunch of retards?

Depends on who's doing the beats. Beats go a long way. If it had Pete Rock, it might work out. One thing I always say, I could listen to a dope beat with a wack rhyme, but if you're a really nice MC over a sorry beat, makes it ten times harder because you hear the beat at first. It's pretty depressing.

My daily affirmation is "Soon I'll be dead." What's yours?

"Soon I'll be in Europe." -- "Don't knock it 'til you try it."

Isn't your family the gay family?

Boy, I set myself up for that one. I don't have a daily affirmation.

Do you have one, Rakaa?

First of all, "One day you'll be right." Second of all, "Everything is relative."

Do your mothers know that you're running around screaming curse words and doing drugs?

I gave her the clean album. That's why we made them.

How do you think she'd handle it if she found out?

You know, I'm a grown-up.

If you could buy one person a ticket for the sinking Titanic, who would that be?

One person for the sinking Titanic, huh? Ronald Reagan. I figure it suits him.

How come rappers don't wear leotards anymore?

Because actually rappers have the biggest dicks, and you're totally exposed in tights. No, it's actually the government. Rappers used to wear leotards? Grandmaster Flash's crew had to wear leotards. The government shut it down. Hip-hop would have been way too powerful.

Here's my last question.

That's it?

I'm out of beer. Did you take into account that the acronym for your name could be misinterpreted as "Dumb Polacks" or "Double Penetration"?

Double penetration. We use that. People are always like, "The DP's," you know? We like to be called that. As far as Dumb Polacks, I'm Russian. I consider myself pretty damn smart. I've got a lot of Polish in me.

You've had a lot of Polacks in you?

Naw, naw. You add it up. That's why you came up with the question.

I am Polish.

You are? I can see it in your nose. Dumb Polaok? You couldn't think of anything better for DP than that?

No, I was trying to keep it real for my family. Do you skate?

I still do kick flips.

No you can't.

Yes, I can, first try. And Babu got skills in Tony Hawk's [Pro Skater]. We need to set up a Big Brother tournament. I want to get a little circuit going. I want to find out who's the best in the world, and I know I want to get some ranking going here. Most rappers are like, they used to be like NBA Live and stuff like that, but we're trying to bring back Tony Hawk.

I think you guys just wants to hang out with young boys with good finger dexterity.

You're a fucking asshole.

Do you have an album or something coming out?

Yeah. Album. The Platform, got B-Real From Cypress Hill on there, and Everlast, Planet Asia, Phil da Ag, Acey Alone, Defari, Alkaholiks. It's like a West Coast classic, but it's a lot of Dilated cuts just individually. So from beginning to end it's no fast forwarding, it's like a solid thought.

But no Hepatitis C.

We left Hepatitis C out 'cause we doing a cut with AIDS Ebola and we thought he was better than Hep C. We listened to both of their demos and just words of advice to Hep C: if you just keep practicing, you might be on the next record.

Comments

dead gg a
03 Sep 2008, 04:45

nice interview

tiffany
22 Jan 2009, 08:45

How do you know if you've dialated anymore sence you've been to the doctor